Abstract
This paper describes the design of a program of activities of arts education for people with dementia based on visits to the Prado Museum and the Reina Sofia National Art Center Museum (Spanish anagram, MNCARS) of Madrid, and carried out by a team of researchers and artist-teachers. The program, called “Tenemos cita con el arte” (We have a date with art), in addition to the visits, included workshops of artistic activities. The basic aspects taken into account by the team of artist-teachers for the design of the itineraries in the two above-mentioned museums and the design of the artistic activities are specified. The museum itineraries, which included works of Velázquez and Goya (Prado Museum), and of Dalí, Juan Gris, Miró, Lipchitz, and Picasso (MNCARS) are described, as well as the artistic activities carried out by the participants, based on these itineraries. The considerations set out in this work can be extended to other are centers, so that they can be used as contexts for the promotion of the well-being and social inclusion of people with dementia by artist-teachers working in multidisciplinary teams.
Highlights
This paper describes the design of a program of activities of arts education for people with dementia based on visits to the Prado Museum and the Reina Sofia National Art Center Museum (Spanish anagram, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS)) of Madrid, and carried out by a team of researchers and artist-teachers
The program “Tenemos cita con el arte” was designed as a cultural participation and learning experience for people with dementia based on visits to museums and artistic creation activities related to these visits
The results obtained in our study coincide with the aforementioned works, which highlighted the important role that museums, in this case the Prado Museum and the MNCARS, can play in the promotion of the well-being and social inclusion of a collective as vulnerable as people with dementia
Summary
How many characters are in the painting? What are these people doing? Which character grabs your attention the most? What role does light play in this picture? Where can you see this? How old do you think the child is? What is he carrying in his hand? Who can this child be? What kind of landscape is in the background? What colors predominate? In what season of the year do you think it is painted?. What differences and similarities are there between the picture of the Maids of Honor by Velázquez and the Family of Carlos IV by Goya? Why would Goya paint two pictures with the same character? What you feel when looking at this picture?. What feeling does looking at this work provoke? What are the colors in this work like? Questions to start the conversation What feeling does looking at this work provoke? Why do you think that painters are interested in painting open windows? Do you recognize any figure of the title in the work? What do you think this character is feeling? How many shapes and colors are represented in this picture? (Consider the form of the figures, their facial expressions, their proportions and colors). Why do you think that Picasso painted such a large picture? These activities were observed to promote satisfaction and social relations among the participants
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